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Levelling Up Your Chord Stabs
In this new Passing Notes, we look at four ways to make chord stabs more melodic and dynamic. …
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Ambient Breakbeats with Spitfire Audio’s Aperture: The Stack
In this tutorial we use drum, synth and guitar patches from Spitfire Audio’s most ambitious instrument to date to make an ambient breakbeat groove.
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Further Chords
Dance music theory expert Oliver Curry demonstrates how to break away from basic chords and create more complex harmonic structures…
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DAW & Drum Machine Swing
Swing functions were first introduced to drum machines 34 years ago, but the concept still causes confusion. In this extended…
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Massive Chords With Chord Voicings Across Synths and Ensemble Strings
In this new Passing Notes we spread chord voicings across multiple synths and instruments to create a powerful progression.
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Applying String Articulations To Synthesizers
In this new Passing Notes we break down five orchestral string techniques and look at how they can be used for inspiration while composing electronic music.
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Lessons From Disco
Dance music theory expert Oliver Curry examines how classic disco uses chord inversions and careful placement of instruments to great…
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Polyrhythms
Polyrhythms in dance music are an amazingly simple way of adding complexity to your tracks. Dance music theory expert Oliver…
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Add Drama To Beats With Yasuke Inspired Cinematic Percussion
In this latest Passing Notes we take inspiration from the Yasuke soundtrack and explore ways to incorporate traditional percussive elements into modern productions.
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Choosing The Right Key For Bass Weight
In this installment of Passing Notes we look at how you can use simple key selection to give your low end a boost.
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Ostinatos and Acid Riffs
In the latest instalment of our dance music theory column, we take a look at how repeating melodies can be…
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Contrary Motion
In this week’s Passing Notes we look at a simple but powerful technique that can inject emotion and movement…
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Daft Punk Basslines: The Ultimate Guide – Part 2
In part two of this installment of Passing Notes, we break down three more Daft Punk basslines while noting composition and arrangement tricks that the iconic duo applied regularly in their productions.
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Daft Punk Basslines: The Ultimate Guide
In part one of this new two-part Passing Notes series, we break down the French duo’s bassline composition techniques to draw lessons from some of their greatest hits.
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Disco House Basslines
Disco house basslines are unashamedly retro, harking back to the 70s heyday of white suits and platform boots. Oliver Curry…
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Using Unconventional Scales
In this installment of Passing Notes, we break down a universal workflow for analyzing unconventional scales and incorporating them into productions.
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Generating Chords and Melodies with Random MIDI
In this sequel to our Passing Notes article about auto-generated parts, we use Live’s Random MIDI device to generate a long chord progression and two melodic leads.
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Auto-Generated Parts With Follow Actions
In this new Passing Notes, we use Ableton’s Follow Action and Random MIDI features to produce a Leftfield-style drum pattern, a complex bass line and an endless chord progression.
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Orchestral Techniques from Jeff Mills’ Amazon (Blue Potential Version)
In this new Passing Notes we use Spitfire Audio’s new Originals orchestral instrument plug-ins to recreate two sections from the Detroit Producers’ collaboration with a live orchestra.
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Parallel Chords
In this new Passing Notes we focus on the technique of parallel chords, which are one of the tried and tested means for catchy progressions in dance music.
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Kerri Chandler Chords: The Ultimate Guide – Part 2
In the second part of this two-part Passing Notes series, we break down advanced chord tricks used by one of the true pioneers of house.
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Kerri Chandler Chords: The Ultimate Guide
We break down Kerri Chandler’s top chord tricks by analyzing some of his classic tunes.
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Breaking Down the Strings and Arpeggios of Black Water by Octave One
In our latest Passing Notes feature, we take a better look at the theory and arrangement behind Black Water by…